Safety guard for containers



Aprii 15 1924. 1,490,477

' P. W. MORROW SAFETY GUARD FOR CONTAINERS Filed Oct. 26, 1922 tatented Apr. 15, 1924:.

PEMBER W. MOB/ROW, O'F VENICE, CALIFORNIA.

SAFETY GUARD FOR CONTAINERS.

Application filed October 26, 1922. Serial No. 597,223.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PEMBER W. Monnow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Venice, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Guards for Containers, of which the following is a speck fication.

This invention relates to safety devices and more particularly to a device for rendering difficult the opening of bottles or other containers holding poisonous matter.

It is an object of the invention to provide a simple, practicable, and eflicient device for use in combination with bottles and containers used for holding poison, and it is a broad object of the invention to provide means for preventing accidental use of a material from a poison bottle, such as is a common occur rence with disastrous results.

Other objects and advantages will be made manifest in the following specifications of an embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device in the bottle stopper releasing position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, central section of the device.

Fig. 3 is a plan.

Owing to the frequency with which po1soncontaining bottles are wrongly selected, the present invention is devised for the purpose of reducing the number of such accidents, and the device consists of a suitable pan or box 2, of any suitable dimensions so as to conveniently receive a bottle 3. Upstanding from a side of the boX 2, is a column or post 4-, and slidably, adjustable along this post is a hood or guard consisting of a cap 5, which is adapted to be shifted down into a position over the neck and stopper 6, of the bottle.

Means are provided for automatically latching or looking the adjustable cap 5, in a restraining position over the neck of the bottle so that the bottle cannot be removed or unstoppered without first removing the guard or cap 5. The cap is shown as having a rearwardly extending sllding forming part 7, through which the post 4, extends, and within the slide, suitably arranged thereon, is a spring 8, so fashioned or operative as to draw a portion of the slide 7, into locking engagement with the post l. The post is shown as of channel form and has toothed edges 9, engaged by contiguous edges of the slide 7. The spring 8,.serves to hold the slide in looking engagement with the teeth 9, until finger pressure is applied to the slide in such manner as to disengage the locking teeth 9, after which the slide and the cap 5, can be shifted upwardly to release the bottle.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a simple and efiectivc device for substantially locking poison containing bottles so that access cannot be inadvertently had thereto.

Further embodiments, modifications and variations may be resorted to within the spirit of the invention as here claimed.

What is claimed is 1. Means for preventing accidental selection of a poison bottle, comprising a receiver for the bottle and a device combined with the receiver and adapted to be shifted into fastening position over the neck and the stopper of the bottle.

2. Means for preventing accidental selection of a poison bottle, comprising a receiver having a base for the bottle and a slide com bined with the receiver and adapted to be shifted into fastening position over the neck and stopper of the bottle, and preventing the removal of the stopper from the bottle.

3. Means for preventing accidental selection of a poison bottle, comprising a receiver for the bottle and a slidable device combined with the receiver and adapted to be shifted into fastening position over the neck of the bottle, and toothed locking means for holding the said device in its set position.

4. A device for preventing accidental se lection of a poison bottle, comprising a bottle receiver, an upright at one side of the receiver, a slide mounted on the upright and having means for preventing access to the stopper of the bottle, and means for automatically looking the slide in set position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

PEMBER W. MORROVV. 

